Michele Simonato

Systems genetics identifies Sestrin 3 as a regulator of a proconvulsant gene network in human epileptic hippocampus

Michael R. Johnson, Jacques Behmoaras, Leonardo Bottolo et al. · Nature Communications · 2015 · 181 citations · Full text

BDNF mRNA splice variants display activity-dependent targeting to distinct hippocampal laminae

Cristina Chiaruttini, Maura Sonego, Gabriele Baj et al. · Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience · 2007 · 153 citations

Neurodegenerative Diseases, Molecular Neuroscience, Activity-dependent Targeting +8

Localized delivery of fibroblast growth factor–2 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor reduces spontaneous seizures in an epilepsy model

Beatrice Paradiso, Peggy Marconi, Silvia Zucchini et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 151 citations · Full text

Temporal Lobe Origin, Neuromodulation Therapies, Social Sciences +16

Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor mRNA and Protein Are Targeted to Discrete Dendritic Laminas by Events That Trigger Epileptogenesis

Enrico Tongiorgi, Mara Armellin, Piero Giulio Giulianini et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2004 · 142 citations · Full text

Neurochemical Biomarkers, Neurotransmission, Discrete Dendritic Laminas +19

Hippocampal FGF-2 and BDNF overexpression attenuates epileptogenesis-associated neuroinflammation and reduces spontaneous recurrent seizures

Roberta Bovolenta, Silvia Zucchini, Beatrice Paradiso et al. · Journal of Neuroinflammation · 2010 · 127 citations · Full text